Society in this country is collapsing; as Parliament only looks at stupid Brexit, we are behaving like the third world country we will be next year. Quite extraordinary.

It is not only inhumane it is stupid: they are going to come out; more damaged and dangerous than before they went in....

The decisions are driven by fear and the blame games persist. In the case of the two teenage girls in the East London care home, now in prison for torturing another girl, the load of responsibility has shifted entirely onto their shoulders. The authorities are now more than ever obsessed with covering themselves against public criticism and threat of litigation. Looking after children and teenagers takes second place. When things go wrong someone has to take the blame. All human made problems have a solution. Emotions are the real culprits. The traditional way of dealing with them is by sweeping them under the carpet, pretending they don't exist, fearing and despising them. The more that awareness of their presence and the way they work is known, the less power they will have as usurpers of trust and common sense.

md wrote:
The decisions are driven by fear and the blame games persist. In the case of the two teenage girls in the East London care home, now in prison for torturing another girl, the load of responsibility has shifted entirely onto their shoulders. The authorities are now more than ever obsessed with covering themselves against public criticism and threat of litigation. Looking after children and teenagers takes second place. When things go wrong someone has to take the blame. All human made problems have a solution. Emotions are the real culprits. The traditional way of dealing with them is by sweeping them under the carpet, pretending they don't exist, fearing and despising them. The more that awareness of their presence and the way they work is known, the less power they will have as usurpers of trust and common sense.

I agree. I would like to know what the carers were doing while someone was being tortured.